Since 2012

4,000 people have built their own bamboo bicycle.

Workshops in London. Kits shipped worldwide. No experience needed.

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Two Ways to Build

Join a Workshop

Build your frame in 2-3 days with expert guidance. Walk in a beginner, leave with a bike.

  • From £500
  • 2-3 days, all inclusive
  • London workshop
  • Small groups of 4-6
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Build at Home

Build your frame at home, at your own pace. Full kit, video guides, and a community of builders behind you.

  • From £375
  • 35-40 hours total
  • Ships worldwide
  • Video guides included
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Adventure

Where Our Bikes Go

Kate Rawles, Environmental Advocate
8,288 miles

Colombia to Tierra del Fuego

Kate Rawles, Environmental Advocate

"Woody turned out to be the most reliable bike I've ever owned. I had hardly any mechanical problems on the whole journey."

Kate rode her BBC-built bamboo bike 'Woody' through the Andes, documenting the journey in her book 'The Life Cycle'.

12,000+ miles

London to New Zealand

1,200 miles

Pamir Highway, Winter

Daily Commute, 7+ Years

Jamie, Romania

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Why Bamboo?

Nature's Perfect Frame Material

Absorbs vibration that would rattle a carbon frame. It's the only frame material you can grow, shape with hand tools, and build into a rideable bicycle at home.

  • Strength-to-weight ratio of steel
  • Natural vibration dampening for a smoother ride
  • Each frame is unique your bike, your build

Recognition

Awards & Press

"Bamboo Bicycle Club taps into 'the IKEA effect' — that extra bit of affection people reserve for objects they put together themselves."

Financial Times September 2025

Investec Beyond Business

2025 Winner

Kevin McCloud's Green Heroes

2018

Grand Designs Live

OCN Level 2 Accredited

Educational programmes

Design Museum Exhibition

2015-16

Cycle Revolution

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Social Impact

Building More Than Bikes

From prison rehabilitation to school programmes, we use bamboo bicycle building to create real change. Our Build to Bond programme helps parents in prison build bikes for their children — maintaining family connections and learning skills for release.

OCN Level 2 accredited programmes
Prison rehabilitation partnership

"Innovative projects like Build to Bond support rehabilitation and help people leave prison as better citizens."

James Timpson UK Prisons Minister
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Community

Built by Our Makers

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What Our Builders Say

I rode Woody 5,000 miles across two continents — the Andes, the Amazon, the Atlantic coast. Zero mechanicals. The bamboo handled everything.

Kate Rawles Adventurer & Author, The Life Cycle

Bamboo Bicycle Club taps into the IKEA effect — that sense of affection people develop for things they build themselves.

Financial Times Press Coverage

The bike was the first thing I ever made with my own hands. When my daughter rode it on family visit day, I felt like a dad again.

Build to Bond Participant HMP Lowdham Grange

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